I normally wouldn't travel thousands of miles to do a 70.3 triathlon I'd never heard of. But, MiamiMan is the USAT Long Course National Championship and the only qualifier for Team USA Long Distance Triathlon 2017. And I really, really want to race on Team USA at the ITU Long Distance World Championship in Penticton, Canada next August. Note that the Team USA Aquathon qualifier is part of this...

I seem to be climbing a lot on my bike lately. A ride up Tantalus is a great way to start a morning, so I try to get that in at least once a week. Add to that Boca Hawaii's bike clinic to prepare people like me to bike up Haleakala, and I can count on major weekend hill climbing. Kamehame Ridge, Alewa Heights, Sierra Drive, Waialae Iki and the infamous...

I wasn’t unhappy at all that my youngest son, Geoff, chose the University of Colorado at Boulder as his college of choice. From our first visit, we both fell in love with Boulder for its beauty and its celebration of the outdoors. Whenever I came to visit Geoff, I took the opportunity to bike, run and even swim with a diverse community of triathletes, including pros, newbies and everybody in...

It's been 7 weeks since my "10th and final" Ironman and I'm thinking about doing another one. Well, sometimes thinking about it. For now, I have a huge goal in front of me--to launch a successful bikesharing program as the CEO of Bikeshare Hawaii. It is already taking most of my time whether I'm at my computer, on the phone, in a meeting, or tossing and turning in bed with ideas racing through my head.

I have participated in almost 20 Ironman-branded races, including the Ironman World Championship. When I was invited to race with Team USA at the Long Distance World Championship in Weihai, China on September 21, 2014, I thought I knew most everything about long distance triathlons. But, hello Lori. This wasn't an "Ironman" event--it was an International Triathlon Union (ITU) event.
This wasn't an Ironman or Ironman 70.3 distance either. The swim...

I am honored and excited to race with Team USA in Weihai China. Can you tell??

China. Team USA. ITU. World Championship. I wouldn't have ever dreamt that these words would come out of my mouth in one sentence. But if you ask me what's up next, you'll hear them all. And with an undertone of honor, excitement and pride. "On September 21, 2014, I...
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I consider myself an Ironman after racing at nine Ironman triathlons and earning an invitation back to Kona this year by winning my division at Ironman Brasil. But earlier this month, I also became an IronGirl. And that race has been a major highpoint of the year.

WTC owns the IronGirl sprint triathlon events, just like they own Ironman.

I have seen bikeshare systems in various cities across the US and Europe. Basically, bikeshare is where you can rent a bike at one station and then drop it off at another station. So, they serve primarily to get you short distances from point A to point B. I know that a bikeshare program will be launched in Hawaii soon, so I was curious about how these systems work, what...

At the Pacific Business News Healthiest Employers Event, I shared my 5-year adventure of competing at Ironman races around the world as I strived to receive an invitation to the Ironman World Championship.

It seems that I have a way of saying "okay" to things without too much thought. I always said "okay" when I was offered a new assignment at work that stretched me...
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The two most exciting times for me in Ironman racing are 1) when I sign up, and 2) when I cross the finish line. In between those two times, perhaps six months to almost a year, come a lot of highs and lows. Lack of motivation and simply being tired of it all is perhaps the toughest of the lows. Being...
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